The Real Story with Michelle Makori

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, speaks with Dr. Nomi Prins, Financial Expert and Best-Selling Author on the sidelines of Rule Symposium. Prins, Founder of Prinsights Global, warns that “commodity warfare” is already underway as nations weaponize control over critical resources, supply chains, and strategic metals. Prins explains how the Iran conflict exposed...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, speaks with Todd “Bubba” Horwitz, Founder & Chief Market Strategist at BubbaTrading.com, who warns that he sees another major market collapse forming after 47 years of trading through historic booms and busts. Horwitz says the warning signs are everywhere – from overvalued markets and AI-driven job losses to a housing ma...

Michelle Makori, President and Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, speaks with Florian Grummes, Managing Director of Midas Touch Consulting, who says he is now more than 50% in cash as stocks look “overbought, overheated, and parabolic.” Grummes, who correctly called gold’s breakout from its multi-year cup-and-handle pattern, says gold remains in a secular bull market but could take more time...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, speaks with Tavi Costa, Founder & CEO of Azuria Capital, who says one of the biggest macro shifts ahead is a major reversal in the U.S. dollar. Costa argues that the dollar cannot remain this strong sustainably and must go significantly lower for the dollar system to survive. He explains why this could create a major tai...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, speaks with Gareth Soloway, Chief Market Strategist at VerifiedInvesting.com, who warns that markets are at “peak euphoria” and says a much larger correction could be coming in 2027 and beyond – potentially a 40% to 50% drawdown. Soloway explains why he believes “big money” is already starting to dump, why $50 oil could sign...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, speaks with Andy Schectman, Founder & CEO of Miles Franklin Precious Metals, about the growing speculation surrounding the U.S. Mint’s newly released 1-ounce gold coin priced near $20,000 while gold trades around $4,000 an ounce. Schectman weighs in on whether the unusual pricing, along with a surge in December $20,000 g...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, sits down with Peter Grandich, Founder, PeterGrandich.com, to discuss why he is more concerned about the economy and financial markets today than at any other point in his 40-plus year career. Having lived through the 1987 crash, the dot-com bubble, the Global Financial Crisis, and the COVID market collapse, Grandich shares hi...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, sits down with Andy Schectman, Founder & CEO, Miles Franklin Precious Metals, to discuss a theory that is gaining traction among gold investors ahead of July 4th: could the Trump administration unveil a major gold-related initiative that reshapes the global monetary system? Schectman explains why he believes there is a gro...

Part 2 of 2: Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, sits down with economist, monetary historian, and precious metals expert Alasdair Macleod to discuss what he believes could be the biggest threats facing the global financial system. Macleod explains why he believes the world is approaching a critical turning point for fiat currencies, how years of debt accumula...

Part 1 of 2: Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, interviews Alasdair Macleod, economist, monetary historian, and publisher of Macleod Finance Substack. Is silver on the verge of a major breakout? Alasdair Macleod believes the silver market is facing a powerful convergence of forces that investors may be underestimating. In Part 1 of this interview, Macleod argue...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, interviews Lobo Tiggre, Founder & Editor of IndependentSpeculator.com. Lobo Tiggre correctly called the rallies in copper and uranium. Now, he’s taking a very different approach. Lobo says he’s sold all of his gold and silver mining stocks and is sitting on an unprecedented 80% cash position as he prepares for what he beli...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, interviews Cory Klippsten, CEO of Swan. Michael Saylor famously told investors to “never sell your Bitcoin.” So why did Strategy just sell Bitcoin for the first time since 2022? Klippsten discusses whether Strategy’s sale should concern Bitcoin investors, the risks surrounding leveraged Bitcoin products, and why Bitcoin has fa...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, interviews Michael Lee, Founder of Michael Lee Strategy. Lee correctly warned about silver’s sharp correction earlier this year. Now he returns to share what he sees next for silver, gold, AI stocks, and the broader economy. Lee explains why he believes silver has completed its reset and could climb toward this new level, why...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, interviews Robbert van Batenburg, Market Strategist at The Bear Traps Report, about the massive AI IPO wave building around SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic and whether markets are underestimating the macro risks behind the AI boom. Van Batenburg explains why the SpaceX IPO could become the largest in history, how AI infrastructu...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, sits down with economist and host of the Maneco64 YouTube channel Mario Innecco to discuss why he believes the global financial system is approaching a much bigger crisis than most investors realize. Innecco warns that the bond market bear cycle is far from over and says the next crisis may not be limited to housing, private c...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, interviews Andy Schectman, Founder & CEO of Miles Franklin Precious Metals on the growing shift in global precious metals markets and why new trading infrastructure emerging in Asia could fundamentally challenge Western dominance over gold and silver pricing. Schectman explains why Singapore’s new physically deliverable...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, sits down with Luke Gromen, Founder & President of FFTT LLC, for a deep-dive into what he believes is becoming an unavoidable monetary breaking point for the United States. Gromen warns that the U.S. may soon face a historic “choose your poison” moment: save the dollar or save the Treasury market. As the Iran conflict, r...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, interviews legendary investor and speculator Rick Rule about the next major commodity opportunity after correctly calling the oil surge months before prices exploded higher. Rule, President & CEO of Rule Investment Media and Co-Founder of Battle Bank, warns that the world is moving from the anticipation of shortages to act...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, breaks down a critical warning from former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson – that the U.S. may be heading toward a “break-the-glass” moment in its debt markets. As U.S. debt approaches $40 trillion, concerns are growing that demand for Treasuries — the very foundation of the global financial system — may not be as stable as m...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, interviews Anthony Scaramucci, Founder & Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital, Former White House Communications Director. The U.S. economy is sending mixed signals – record markets on one hand, and rising debt, geopolitical instability, and structural risks on the other. So what is the market missing? Anthony Scaramucci...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, sits down with Dominic Frisby, Author of The Secret History of Gold and Founder of TheFlyingFrisby.com, to uncover the deeper truth about gold – not just as money, but as a force that has shaped human civilization, power, and global systems. From ancient civilizations to modern central banks, gold has remained constant while c...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, breaks down two urgent, closed-door meetings held by the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury with the biggest banks on Wall Street and what they reveal about emerging risks inside the financial system. Two separate threats are now on the Fed’s radar. The first: a powerful new AI model capable of identifying and linking hidden so...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, sits down with Larry McDonald, Founder of The Bear Traps Report and New York Times bestselling author. McDonald warns that a major inflation shock may be building beneath the surface, driven by prolonged disruptions in global energy flows, massive fiscal spending, and structural imbalances in the system. He outlines why the pr...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, breaks down the growing debate over central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) — and what a digital dollar could mean for your financial freedom. As lawmakers in Washington weigh whether to delay or block a CBDC, the implications go far beyond policy. A programmable, trackable digital currency could reshape how money works — from...

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, sits down with Chris Vermeulen, CEO of TheTechnicalTraders.com, to break down what he calls the final “euphoric phase” in the U.S. stock market and why it could be a major warning sign. With stocks hitting record highs, Vermeulen warns this may be the last melt-up before a sharp market reset. He explains why smart money coul...